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    When can you afford an airplane?

    I know this is kind of a loaded question that can be answered in a thousand different ways, but what rule of thumb would you go by for being able to afford sole ownership of say a light piston single? When you can afford to buy outright? When you can afford to overhaul without taking a loan...
  2. Dayron Nunez

    Non-TSO for Certified Aircraft

    Hi everyone Please first forgive my lack of knowledge in this area, and very new at this, not an aircraft owner, just a private pilot and looking forward to own some time soon hopefully. I've been looking at some avionics upgrade stuff on the web and found that all the "same" or similar...
  3. Dayron Nunez

    Want To Buy 1957 Cessna 172, price?

    Hi folks I'm trying to buy my first aircraft and of course thought of the beloved C172, it will fulfill my mission although there are version that will do it better or worse. I have one aircraft that has been offered to me from someone I know, and I would like to incline towards that one but...
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    How realistic are these ownership costs

    I was pretty surprised when I saw this, as he claims you can own and operate a plane for a lot less than I assumed. He has another video where he does a similar breakdown for an Aeronca Champ and he comes up with an even lower cost. Tldr version: he reckons you can get the total cost down to...
  5. hish747

    A modest proposal...

    It's really challenging to find potential partners for aircraft fractional ownership, partnerships or on a larger scale, to form flying clubs around the country. There's a smattering of ads on Barnstormers, TAP and similar sites, but by and large no real go to resource that I'm aware of. As the...
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    $30K and On the Way to Start Training

    My first post: 10/10/16 Greetings and salutations! I am getting close to starting training. My mission will include transcontinental XC for seeing family, lite backcountry, lots of $100 burgers and Mercy flights. I'd like to take the quickest route through IFR certification. I've saved some...
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